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Heritage Act

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a section of the state’s Heritage Act, which protects historic monuments as part of a compromise to remove the Confederate flag from the dome of the Capitol, is unconstitutional. The provision requires a supermajority vote to repeal or amend the section.

Read the opinion here.

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